[Metalab Issues] #405: Metacade Semi-Fixed, Software rendering enabled

[Metalab Issues]

#405: Metacade Semi-Fixed, Software rendering enabled
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Reporter:  hmw  |     Owner:
  Status:  new  |  Keywords:  metacade
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 I swapped the GPU:
 {{{
 root at metacade:~ # lspci | grep VGA
 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
 RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01)
 }}}

 The wacade menu came up more or less immediately, but the very games
 wouldn't run.
 I started a game manually to see any error message:
 {{{
 metacade at metacade:/root $ DISPLAY=:0 mame junofrst -verbose
 Parsing mame.ini
 Parsing mame.ini
 Setting SDL audiodriver 'pulse' ...
 Build version:      0.146 (Nov 14 2012)
 Build architecure:  SDLMAME_ARCH=-mtune=generic
 Build defines 1:    SDLMAME_UNIX=1 SDLMAME_X11=1 SDLMAME_LINUX=1
 Build defines 1:    LSB_FIRST=1 DISTRO=generic SYNC_IMPLEMENTATION=tc
 SDL/OpenGL defines: SDL_COMPILEDVERSION=1215 USE_OPENGL=1
 USE_DISPATCH_GL=1
 Compiler defines A: __GNUC__=4 __GNUC_MINOR__=7 __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__=1
 __VERSION__="4.7.1"
 Compiler defines B: __unix__=1 __i386__=1
 Compiler defines C: __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL=0
 SDL Device Driver     : x11
 SDL Monitor Dimensions: 640 x 540
 Enter sdlwindow_init
 Using SDL single-window OpenGL driver (SDL 1.2)
 Leave sdlwindow_init
 Loaded opengl shared library: <default>
 sdlvideo_init: Initialization failed!
 }}}

 I have no idea, why this isn't working, since I enabled the radeon driver
 in /etx/X11/xorg.conf.
 So I configured mame to use software rendering:
 {{{
 vim /home/metacade/.mame/mame.ini
 }}}
 {{{
 video   opengl
 }}}
 changed to
 {{{
 video  soft
 }}}

 Would be nice, if any MAME pros would help me fixing it (preferrable to
 fixing it yourself).

 Thanks,
 hmw

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